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Letters Patent No. 93,67 3, dated August 17, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN MANGERS.

The Schedule referred to in' these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, ADAM CHAMBERS, of Unionville, in the county of Monroe, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Mangers; and I do hereby. declaregthat the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whicli Figure l is an elevation of the manger, as adapted for two horses.

`Figure 2, a'vertieal cross-section of the saine.

Figure 3, a plan of the watercoinpartment.

, Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This improvement is of that kind where clock-work is employed to open or present the feed to the animal lat a given hour.

The invention consists in connecting the apparatus for opening or presenting grain, hay, and water, with an ordinary alarm-clock,'through the medium of a single connection, thereby greatly simplifying and cheapening the cost of the apparatus, and rendering it more effective and reliable in use.

In the drawings, the arrangement 'is shown as adapted to two stalls, the action being double for the purpose.

A A represent the ordinary hay-racks, and

B B, the feed-boxes.

Midway between these is located the water-coinpartment or box C, of sufficient capacity to hold a tub or tank of water.

Above this is a double-inclined chute, D, leading to the feed-boxes, and still above this, a double-chainbered hopper, E, divided by veitical partition a, and adapted for holding the grain to be given the animals at any one time.

This hopper being located directly over the apex of the chiite, insures the-divisioii of the grain when it falls,'so that it will be properly divided to'rini to the feed-boxes B B.

It is manifest that a single, instead of a double arrangement of the manger, as above described, may be employed to accommodate a single animal, or, if desired, the capacity -may be increased s'oas to aecommodate a larger number o f animals.

On the under side of the hopper is hung a trapdoor, l), opening downward, being* held up `at the swinging end by a pin, e, which engages with aatch, d, ot' pivoted arm f.

At the given hour for the discharge of the feed, this -ai'm is struck by the hammer g of the alarm-clock, which drives the catch from its engagement with the pin, thereby releasing the trap-door, and allowing the feed to fall from the hopper.

lo the under side of the trap-door. is secured an struction.

open hook, h, and with this engages the eye ofY a single connection or' rod, i, having a weight, k, at its lower end.

ing upward over pulleys m in, and thence downward, and having pins n n', at their'ends.

'lhe'front of the water-compartment is provided with a slide-0.001,5, of sufficient size to cover the water-tank when set. r

The top of this door has a pivotcd lever, o, which turns or doubles over a fiileruin, 1), near the joint, and

is retained in that` position to hold the door up, by-

the pin n passing through a socket, q, so as to project over it. It' desired, the lever `c niay be dispensed with, and the pin simply run "through a hole in the door. When the pin is drawn ont', the door will fall, thus opening the water-tank to the anima On the rear of the water-compartment ai'e two levers rfr, pivoted at s, and having their ends ttprojecting, to rcceiveweights u n.

The long ends of .these levers lap one over the other, and are retained in position by the pin n', prof jecting over them similarly 4to n. over o.

Witl'i the weights u fu vare connected cords w n', lwhich extend up into the loft over the racks, and have bundles of hay attached, so that when the weights fall, the bundles will be drawn into the racks.

There but a single animal is to befed, bnt a single lever, 1", and weight u, are employed.

'llie operation is as follows:

The, moment the hammcroi' thc alarm-clock'strikes thel pivotedwire j, the trap-door b falls, thereby rclcasiiig the weighted connection i'.v

As this falls, the cords l l draw ont thev pins n il', .from their connection with levers vo i', thereby allowing tlie door 5, and the' weights u, to fall, and by this means, presenting the grain, the hay, and the water, to the animal, at one and thesanic time.

v I ain aware that clock-work has been bci'oreapplied to mangers, as in the patent of Dcnscr & Miller, September 17, 1867, (No. 68,956.) Such I expressly disclaim. My invention is an in'iprovement upon-that con- In that case, a special arrangement of the clockwork is necessary, .which makes it expensive, as the clocks must be made to order.

My invention is of suoli a character that an ordinaryI alarm-clock can be employed, thc alarm-hammer acting as the power to disengage the parts, to produce the desired action'. This, in'itseli', is a matter of oonsiderable importance.

ln addition to the above, my arrangement is essentiallyvdifierent from that referred to.

It accomplishes the triple action of presenting hay, grain, and water, to the animal, at a given hour.

\Vith this weight are connected two cords l l, pass-A This action is accomplished in the simplest manner, and through the medium of a single connection, i,

. with the clock-work.

I disclaim broadly the application of clock-work to mangers, as I am aware, as before stated, that the same has been before used, but in a dilerent manner. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the pivoted catch-wire j;

weighted rod i, and cords l I, provided with pins n n', when combined with the doors bz, and weighted cords w w, in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed myname, in the presence of two subscribing,r witnesses.

Q ADAM CHAMBERS. Witnesses:

WM. H. DENNISTON, GEORGE LEONBAKER. 

